Monday, October 19, 2020

Monday Mania - Part 2

As "just another manic Monday" hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, students of the teacher beheaded in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France were reportedly paid to identify him by his killer.

From France24, French police raid dozens of Islamic individuals and associations suspected of extremism after the teacher was murdered.

From RFI, in the French region of Brittany, attending an all-night rave during coronavirus is gonna cost ya.

From El País, the scientific publication The Lancet criticizes Spain's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

From The Portugal News, Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa leads by example.

From SwissInfo, a four-meter-wide kirschtorte cake in Zug, Switzerland is declared by Guinness World Records to be the largest ever.

From ANSA, a 21-year-old student in Milan is under investigation for allegedly spray-painting a statue of the late Italian journalist Indro Montanelli.

From the Malta Independent, Prime Minister Robert Abela hails Malta's 2021 budget as the best in the country's history.

From Malta Today, the Maltese budget includes a €100 million stimulus for coronavirus recovery.

From Total Slovenia News, a short history of the coronavirus in Slovenia.

From Total Croatia News, for €1 million, the Villa Foresta in the Gorski Kotar area of Croatia could be yours.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Telegram.)

From Independent Balkan News Agency, North Macedonian President Stevo Pendarovsky takes a swipe at Bulgaria regarding the Macedonian language.

From Balkan Insight, former North Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski is named a suspect in a money laundering investigation.

From Ekathimerini, five minors who took part in a student rally that was marred by violence are released from police custody until their trial for alleged assault against police.

From the Greek Reporter, a prosecutor in the trial of the Greek party Golden Dawn recommends suspended sentences for its leaders.

From Novinite, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates Saint John of Rila.

From The Sofia Globe, Plovdiv, Bulgaria steps up compliance checks for its anti-coronavirus measures.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev proposes an expansion of the Three Seas initiative.

From Romania-Insider, the Romanian state-controlled drug producer Antibiotice wins a European Commission contract to deliver anti-coronavirus drugs.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at HotNews and a related story at Ziarul Financiar.)

From Russia Today, Russia's first coronavirus vaccine is close to being publicly available.

From Sputnik International, 15 people face trial for allegedly stealing 25 tonnes of oil products in the Russian territory of Primorsky.

From The Moscow Times, Russia reports a daily high of 15,982 new coronavirus cases.

From Daily News Hungary, parents allegedly beat up a teacher in Kompolt, Hungary.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Egri Ügyek.)

From About Hungary, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, schools are important to the values around which children organize their lives.

From The Slovak Spectator, a tourist finds coins from the 13th and 14th centuries under an uprooted tree near Piešťany, Slovakia.

From Radio Prague, the deputy chairman of the Czech Football Club resigns after being charged with corruption.

From ReMix, protesters clash with police in Prague over the Czech Republic's coronavirus measures.

From Polskie Radio, Poland will set up temporary coronavirus hospitals in its major cities.

From the CPH Post, Danish health minister Magnus Heunicke is concerned about rising numbers of coronavirus cases.

From the CPH Post, NATO plans to build a space center at its base in Ramstein, Germany.

From the NL Times, the Netherlands reports over 8,000 new coronavirus cases for the third straight day.

From Dutch News, a group of 30 restaurant and café owners plan to sue the Dutch government's coronavirus-related shutdown of their sector.  (My spellchecker rejects the spelling "cafe", where there i is no accent over the "e".)

From VRT NWS, what new coronavirus measures take effect in Belgium today?

From The Brussels Times, according to Belgian coronavirus spokesman Steven Van Gucht, rising case numbers in Belgium are due to changes in the weather, not from any changes in the virus.

From EuroNews, according to a European parliamentcritter, several countries are threatening the E.U's 2050 carbon neutrality goal.

From Euractiv, the E.U. will push new standards to have the world's "greenest" car batteries.

From the Express, the U.K. braces for a blast of global warming.

From the Evening Standard, the Manchester, England area is given until midday tomorrow to accept Tier 3 coronavirus restrictions.

From the (U.K.) Independent, according to a watchdog, unaccompanied children who have crossed the English Channel into the U.K. have been held for days without access to showers or beds.

From the (Irish) Independent, the Irish cabinet accept Level 5 coronavirus restrictions for six week.

From the Irish Examiner, gardaí seize a bag of weapons and arrest a man in Cork, Ireland.

And from The Conservative Woman, should U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson commit right now to a no-deal Brexit.

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